Chandrayaan-2

Mission Chandrayaan-2 of Isro: Lander Vikram with rover Pragyan mounted on it. Vikram apparently failed to soft land on the South Pole of the Moon. (Photo:Isro/YouTube)

• Isro has remained silent on the crash landing of Vikram for the past 4 days
• Isro lost communication with Vikram on September 7, since then Isro has also gone silent
• Since then, there has been no official communication from Isro as to the likely cause of the crash
• our days have gone since India's first moon lander Vikram crashed on the lunar surface, but the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has gone silent about the likely cause of the breakdown.
  Early on September 7, Vikram, while on its descent to soft land on the Moon's south polar region, apparently lost control and crash-landed there, snapping the communication links.
  Since then, there has been no official communication from Isro as to the likely cause of the crash.
  Like Vikram, the Isro too has gone into a silent mode, avoiding the media except for a few brief comments by some officials to select journalists.
  "The likely cause of the failure should have been known to Isro long back, given the data they should be having on their hand. It is strange as to why the Isro is silent," a former Isro official told IANS preferring anonymity.
  Soon after the telemetry screen at the Isro's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) centre in Bengaluru went blank early on Saturday, Isro Chairman K Sivan made a brief announcement.
  He said the performance of the lander was as per the plan till it was 2.1 km away from its designated landing spot on the Moon's South Pole. The communication link got snapped after that. The data is being analysed, he added.
  The press meet scheduled on Saturday was also cancelled after the mission failed.
  Later on that day, Isro issued a statement claiming that the Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 India's first moon landing mission -- has accomplished 90-95 per cent of the mission objectives